CRAZY THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT GOLD

1 TON OF OLD CELL PHONES WILL GIVE YOU MORE

GOLD THAN 1 TON OF GOLD ORE

IF YOU TOOK ALL THE GOLD OUT OF THE OCEAN,

THERE WOULD BE ENOUGH FOR EVERY PERSON

ON EARTH TO HAVE 9 POUNDS

TO PREVENT THE NAZIS FROM CONFISCATING THEM,

HUNGARIAN CHEMIST GEORGE DE HEVESY MELTED

DOWN THE GOLD NOBEL PRIZES OF GERMAN PHYSICISTS

MAX VON LAUE AND JAMES FRANCK.

THEY WERE RECAST AFTER THE WAR

SAILORS OFTEN WORE GOLD EARRINGS SO THAT

IF THEY DROWNED AND WASHED UP ON THE BEACH,

THE EARRINGS WOULD SERVE AS PAYMENT FOR A

PROPER CHRISTIAN BURIAL

THE OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL IS ONLY 1% GOLD

IN DUBAI, THERE ARE ATMS THAT DISPENSE GOLD BARS

MOST OF THE GOLD IN EARTH'S CRUST WAS PUT

THERE BY ASTEROID STRIKES

THE VAST MAJORITY OF GOLD ON EARTH IS IN THE

CORE BECAUSE IT SANK TO THE CENTRE WHILE THE

EARTH WAS FORMING

NOT ENTIRELY ABOUT GOLD BUT A COOL FACT

NEVERTHELESS. IN 1859 GOLD MINERS IN THE

ROCKY MOUNTAINS WOKE UP AT 1AM TO EAT

BREAKFAST BECAUSE THE AURORA WAS SO

BRIGHT THEY THOUGHT IT WAS MORNING